Chinese Smartphone market may remain weak through 2023, IDC says

It was another intriguing day in the world of artificial intelligence. The UK government announced that it will be hosting an AI summit at the beginning of November 2023. The summit is set to be an international affair where dignitaries from other countries will be invited. In other news, Tencent Holdings, a Chinese multinational conglomerate, has revealed that it plans to bring forth its own AI foundational model before the end of the year. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.

Today was an important day in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). As per leaks, WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will give users the ability to generate AI-powered stickers from simple text prompts. In other news, Google Photos is introducing a new Memories view feature that will allow users to add or remove photos to their memories. The feature will also get the aid of AI in different ways to make the Memories view something different and relatable. If you missed these or other similar AI-related news today, then here is a quick refresher. Let us take a look at today's AI roundup.

Krafton has pledged a further $150 million investment in Indian game startups over the next two to three years.

There is no denying that using your phone in the rain is never an easy experience because, in most cases, you are going to miss the touches, or your phone won't really register the touch at all. Yet, we don't have smartphone manufacturers running to the solution, perhaps because no one thinks that these are important. Well, OnePlus thinks otherwise because the company is bringing a Rain Water Touch screen that will, you guessed it, work in the rain.

As countries establish regulations around the use of artificial intelligence (AI), developments in the field continue at a rapid pace. RBI on Thursday proposed a new way of carrying out UPI transactions - through conversations with AI. On the other hand, the UK hired a tech expert for the summit on generative AI.

The foldable smartphone segment has seen significant advances in recent years. Using Samsung's most recent launch as an example, users should be impressed with the breakthrough hinge technology that allows both the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5 to fold completely without any noticeable gaps.

For various reasons, it's been a pretty bleak couple of years for the PC market overall. The pandemic and worker furloughs (particularly in China), a weak global economy, component shortages and high selling prices have all combined to create something of a perfect storm. But the latest analysis from John Peddie Research shows a glimmer of hope. There are signs suggesting the worst of the PC market downturn is behind us, at least on the CPU side of things.

A Chinese company seems to have quietly cracked the code on commercializing what it calls "semi-solid state" EV batteries, which increase the range on electric vehicles significantly.

Indian IT giants are investing heavily in AI skilling prominent projects come their way; AI technology amazes, but also raises ethical concerns; Huawei revives smartphone business with AI-Powered OS amid Ongoing US sanctions- this and more in our daily AI roundup. Let us take a look.

With the date for Apple's next big event being leaked, the new iPhones are finally on the horizon. Unlike last year where the standard iPhone models got modest upgrades at best, the Cupertino-based tech giant has kept a slew of new features up its sleeve even for the vanilla iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus. Amidst talks of manufacturing issues and supply-chain problems, we finally have a tentative date of when the new iPhones could be rolled out.

China faces significant risk of losing global memory chip and AI dominance; LTTS targets 10x growth in AI and software-defined vehicle experts; AI to represent Karnataka's second CM at Lal Bagh Flower Show- this and more in our daily AI roundup. Let us take a look.

Apple has been increasing the divide between its Pro and non-Pro models. While the standard models have always received one or two fewer upgrades compared to the Pro and Pro Max models, in the iPhone 14 series, the standard model and the iPhone 14 Plus missed out on the adaptive refresh rate, always-on display, the A16 Bionic chipset, as well as the 48MP cameras. The divide is expected to stay in the upcoming iPhone 15 series as well. However, a new leak has suggested that this rule might be broken for one particular upgrade. According to this report, the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus can get a stacked CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) image sensor (CIS), something the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will not.